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present to the reader, in as instructive and intel- 
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direct teaching of Scripture regarding the Person 
and Work of the Holy Spirit. With the excep- 
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Preface 


THE Person and Work of the Holy Spirit are 
probably receiving more thoughtful and devout 
attention to-day, than at any time since Pente- 
cost. The rarest spirits of the church are bend- 
ing their noblest powers to elucidate the mystery, 
that enshrouds His operations, and to make all 
men see the laws of His procedure. 


And it is well: not for the gratification of our 
curiosity, but that we may be able to pour the 
molten metal of our obedience into the mould of 
law; and comply with those first principles, on 
which all healthy fellowship with God’s Spirit 
must proceed. 


How greatly the race is indebted to men of 
science, for their careful observation of the prin- 
ciples on which great natural forces operate! 
These have been in existence from creation, but 
unavailed of, because man had not penetrated 
their secret. The electric current, for instance, 
was as potent in Paradise, as in any modern city, 
but of no avail to lessen human labor, because 
no one had studied or systematized the science of 
its working. Similarly through all the dark ages 
there was as much of the Spirit in the church, 
as at Pentecost; but His gracious power was re- 
strained, since men were largely ignorant of, and 
indifferent to its laws. Thank God, that the 
time of apathy has passed it, as modern literature 
bears witness. 


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Preface 


In the front rank of other books published on 
this great theme, the present claims special notice, 
not only for its author’s sake, but because it con- 
tains, in scripture language, the important princi- 
ples on the observance of which depends the 
communion or fellowship of the human spirit 
with the Divine. That this little book may en- 
able many to live in that co-partnership with the 
Holy Spirit for the glory of Christ, and the bless- 
ing of men, is my earnest desire. 

F. B. MEYER. 


Contents 


CHAPTER 
PREFATORY NOTE See 4 
INTRODUCTION BY REv. F. B. MEYER. 


I, THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT . 
§ x. His Name. § 3. His Acts, 
§ 2. His Attributes, § 4. Actions done to Him, 


II. THE DEITY OF THE SPIRIT . 
§ 1. His Name. 
§ 2, His Attributes, 
_ III. THE NAMEs AND TITLES OF THE GHOST . 


§ x1. Old Testament Titles, 
§ 2. New Testament Titles. 


IV. THE DIVINE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT . 


Site: pends... 

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SORT se 3 
§ 4. Pour Out . 
§ 5. Minister 


V. THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT... 


§ 1. Creation 

§ 2. Inspiration 

§ 3. Conviction 

§ 4. Regeneration 
§ 5. Sanctification 
§ 6. Equipment 


VI. THE RELATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OUR 


LorD JEsUS CHRIST 


§ 1. Birth . 

§ 2. Baptism. . 
§' 45> Life 2. 

§ 4. Work. . 
eS. seath 33 
§ 6. Resurrection. . 
§ 7. Outpouring . 


Contents 


VII. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT. 
I. THE SPHERE OF THE LIFE . 
§ 1. Born of the Spirit 


. The Fullness of the Spirit . 
. The Blessings of the Spirit. 
. Prayer in the Spirit . 


A PWN HE 


§ 
§ 
§ 
§ 
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§ 2. The Walk in the Spirit . 


Te TH ESPOW ER Gacy. are tte Wlare eal aten ue 


§ 1. Personal blessing gained. . 


§ 2. Personal blessing retained . . 


§ 3. Blessing passedon. . . 


To 


. The Baptism of the Spirit sah 


. The Indwelling of the Spirit 


TISSCHE RULE OW. Rote Lok oteeets 2a ks aan: 
§ 1. The Reception of the Spirit . 


CHAPTER I 
THE PERSONALITY OF THE SPIRIT 


In studying the doctrine of the Spirit, the first 
thing to be grasped is His personality. The chief 
doctrine of Christianity is its doctrine of God, 
and the Christian doctrine of God is the doctrine 
of the Trinity. God has revealed Himself as one 
God in Three Persons, and of these Persons, the 
third is the Holy Ghost. That He is a Person is 
proved by these considerations :— _ 


I, 


He is associated with the Father and with the 
_ Son in the One Name of God. 


(1.) Ln the Baptismal Formula. 

Matt. xxviii. 18, 19.—And Jesus came and 
spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto 
me in heayen and in earth. Go ye therefore, 
and teach all nations, baptizing them into the 
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

(2.) Ln the Apostolic Benediction. 

2 Cor. xiii. 14.—-The grace of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and the communion 
of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. 


II. 
He possesses attributes belonging only to per- 
sons. / 
(1.) Understanding and Knowledge. 
t Cor. ii. g-11.—Eye hath not seen, nor ear 
II 


The Things of the Spirit 


heard, neither have any entered into the heart of 
man, the things which God hath prepared for 
them that love Him. But God hath revealed 
them unto us by His Spirit: for the Spirit search- 
eth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For 
what man knoweth the things of a man, save the _ 
spirit of a man which is in him? even so the 
things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of 
God. 


(2.) Love. 

Rom. xv. 30.—Now I beseech you, brethren, 
for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love 
of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in 
your prayers to God for me. 


(3. Azl7. 

r Cor. xii. 11.—But all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man 
severally as He will. 


III. 


He performs actions that can only be per- 
formed by a person. 


((1.) He teaches. 

John xvi. 13, 14. _Howbeit when He, the Spirit 
of truth, is come, He will guide you into all 
truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but 
whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: 
and He will shew you things to come. He shall 
glorify me: for He shall receive of Mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. 


(2.) He directs. 
Acts vill. 29.—Then the Spirit said unto Philip, 
Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. 
And similarly in nearly 60 passages in the Old 
Testament, and in too passages in the New. 
I2 


The Things of the Spirit 


IV. 


He is the Object of Actions which can only be 
done to a Person. 


(1.) He can be hed against. 

Acts v. 3.—But Peter said, Ananias, why hath 
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, 
and to keep back part of the price of the land ? 


(2.) He can be tempted. 

Acts v. g.—Then Peter said unto her, How is 
it that ye have agreed together to tempt the 
Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them 
which have buried thy husband are at the door, 
and shall carry thee out. 


(3.) He can be reststed. 

Acts. vil. 51.—Ye _ stiff-necked and uncir- 
cumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist 
the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. 

Heb. x. 29.—Of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who 
hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and 
hath counted the blood of the covenant, where- 
with he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 

(4.) He can be grieved. 

Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
redemption. 

1 Thess. v. 19.—Quench not the Spirit. 

(5.) He can be vexed. 

Isa. lxili. 10.—They rebelled, and vexed His 
Holy Spirit. 

(6.) He can be blasphemed. 

Matt. xii. 31, 32.—Wherefore I say unto you, 
All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be for- 
given unto men: but the blasphemy against the 


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The Things of the Spirit 


Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son 
of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever 
speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in 
the world to come. 

Mark iii. 29.—But he that shall blaspheme 
against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, 
but is in danger of eternal damnation. 

Luke xii. 10..-Whosoever shall speak a word 
against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: 
but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy 
Ghost it shall not be forgiven. 


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CHAPTER II 
THE DEITY OF THE SPIRIT 


IN connection with the doctrine of the Spirit, 
the second thing to be grasped is His Deity. 
This is taught by the following passages :— 


I 


He is expressly called God. 

Acts. v. 3, 4.—Why hath Satan filled thy 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? . . . Why hast 
thou conceived this thing in thine heart? Thou 
hast not lied unto men, but unto God. 

2 Cor. ili, 17,18.—Now the Lord is that 
Spirit : and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there 
is liberty. But we all, with open face beholding 
as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed 
into the same image from glory to glory, even as 
by the Lord, the Spirit. 


II. 


Attributes are ascribed to Him which belong 
to God alone. 

(1.) Eternity. 

Heb. ix. 14.—How much more shall the 
blood of Christ, who, through the Eternal Spirit 
offered Himself without spot to God, purge your 
conscience from dead works to serve the living 
and true God. 


(2.) Omnipresence. 

Psa. cxxxix. 7.—Whither shall I go from 
Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy 
presence? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art 
there, if I make my bed in hell, behold Thou art 
there. If I take the wings of the morning, and 
dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there 


zs 


The Things of the Spirit 


shall Thy hand lead me, and Thy right hand 
shall hold me. 


(3.) Omntpotence. 
Micah ui. 8.—Truly I am full of power by the 
Spirit of the Lord, and of judgment of might. 


(4.)  Omnisctence. 

Isa. xl. 13.—Who hath directed the Spirit 
of the Lord, or being His Counsellor hath taught 
Him? 

1 Cor. il. 10, 11.—The Spirit searcheth all 
things, yea, the deep things of God. For what 
man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit 
of man which is in him? even so the things of 
God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. 


(5.) Soreknowledge. 

Acts 1. 16.—Men and brethren, this scripture 
must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy 
Ghost by the mouth of David spake before con- 
cerning Judas, which was guide to them that took 
Jesus. 

Acts xi. 27, 28..And in these days came 
prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. And 
there stood up one of them named Agabus, and 
signified by the Spirit that there should be great 
death throughout all the world: which came to 
pass in the days of Claudius Ceesar. 


(6.) Sovereignty over the Church. 

Acts xili. 2, 3.—As they ministered to the 
Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate 
me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I 
have called them. And when they had fasted 
and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they 
sent them away. 

Rey. ii. 7.—He that hath an ear, let him hear 
what the Spirit saith unto the churches. 

and in six other places in Revelation. 

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CHAPTER III 
THE NAMES AND TITLES OF THE HOLY GHOST 


In the Scripture we do not find that distinction 
between nominal and real, which is so familiar 
to us in the usage of ordinary life. What any- 
thing is in name, that it is in reality. The 
supreme example of this is found in the names of 
God. What God calls Himself is a revelation 
of what He is. Therefore, in the names of the 
Holy Spirit we have a rich revelation of His 
character and work. 


Section Lirst 


Old Testament Names and Titles. 

In the Old Testament there are ninety passages 
in which direct reference is made to the Holy 
Spirit. In these passages we find eighteen dif- 
ferent designations applied to Him. These fall 
into three groups :— 


1h 


The first group contains those names which 
express His relation to God. Of these there are 
seven :— 


Designation. Number of times used. 
The Spirit of God ... a ae 
The Spirit of the Lord... 2 Sm 
The Spirit of the Lord God ieee 
The spirit... A Sas rok 4. 

My Spirit ... Tyee = aL 
Thy Spirit ... eae Se ARAL 
His Spirit ... oes ive Geet 


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The Things of the Spirit 


2. 


The second group contains those names which 
express His character. Of these there are five :— 


Designation. Number of times used. 
Thy Good Spirit 
A Free Spirit 
Thy Holy Spirit 
His Holy Spirit 
A New Spirit 


oO oS = = & 


The third group contains those names which 
indicate His operations upon men. Of these 
there are six :— 


Designation. Number of times used. 
The Spirit of Wisdom ay FU a3 
The Spirit of Understanding Re 


The Spirit of Counsel and Might... 1 
The Spirit of Knowledge and of the 
Fear of the Lord ; I 
The Spirit that was on Moses os Sage 
The Spirit of Grace and Supplication 1 


Section Second 

New Testament Names and Titles. 

In the New Testament there are two hundred 
and sixty-three passages in which direct reference 
is made to the Holy Spirit. In these passages 
we find thirty-nine different designations applied 
to Him. These fall into five groups. 


a3 
The first group contains the names which ex- 
press His relation to God the Father. Of these 
there are fourteen :— 

Designation. Number of times used. 
The Spirit of God aa aM © Ss 

The Spirit of the Lord... cn at 

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The Things of the Spirit 


My Spirit 

His Spirit ... 

The Spirit of your Father . 

The Promise of My Father 

The Promise of The Father 

The Gift of God 

The Spirit of Him that raised up 
Jesus : 

The Spirit which is of God 

The Spirit of our God ___.... 

The Spirit of the Living God 

The Holy Spirit of God 

The Spirit which He gave us 


= = = me GN O&O 


a = = = SS SS 


2. 


The second group contains those names which 
express His relation to God the Son. Of these 
there are five :— 

Designation. Number of times used. 
The Spirit of Christ " 
The Spirit of Jesus (R. V. N 
The Spirit of Jesus Christ . 
The Spirit of His Son 
Another Comforter 


2) 

The third group contains those names which 
express His own essential Deity. Of these there 
are five :— 


se mM mM ND 


Designation. Number of times used. 
The spirit... ume mas Vente Q Ona 
The Same Spirit a3 7 es 0 
The One Spirit... oh ees 
The Eternal Spirit ... eras 
The Seven Spirits ... 4 


4. 
The fourth group contains those names which 
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The Things of the Spirit 


set forth His own essential character. Of these 
.there are two :— 
Designation. Number of times used. 
The Holy Ghost... ots By eS 


The Holy Spirit — ... an Soke Lee 


55 
The fifth group contains those names which 
set forth His relations to the people of God. Of 
these there are thirteen :— 
Designation. Number of times used. 
The Spirit of ‘Truth . 
The Comforter 
The Spirit of Holiness 
The Spirit of Life <., 
The Spirit of Adoption 
The Spirit of Faith 
The Holy Spirit of Promise 
The Spirit of Wisdom and Revela- 
tion 
The Spirit of Power and Discipline I 
The Spirit of Grace se I 
The Spirit whom He made to dwell 
in us : ae Bhd 
The Spirit of Glory oak Res | 
An Anointing 5 Sr prt jeod 


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mm Pr ot GY Oo 


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CHAPTER IV 
THE DIVINE DISPENSATION OF THE SPIRIT 


THERE are a large number of passages in the 
Bible, which set forth the relation of God the 
Father, and God the Son to the Holy Spirit. 

These passages form five groups. 


I. 
Send. 


From the first group we learn that God SENDS 
His Spirit to men. This word emphasizes the 
Divine AUTHORITY. 

Psa. civ. 30.—Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, 
they are created, and Thou renewest the face of 
the earth. 

Isa. xlvili. 16. (R. V.)—Come ye near unto me, 
hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from 
the beginning; from the time that it was, there 
am I; and now the Lord God hath sent me, and 
His Spirit. 

Luke xxiv. 49.—And, behold, I send the 
promise of My Father upon you; but tarry ye 
in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with 
power from on high. 

John xiv. 26.—But when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you from the 
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
eth from the Father, He shall testify of Me. 

John xv. 26.—But the Comforter, which is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My 
Name, He shall teach you all things, and bring 

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The Things of the Spirit 


all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. 

John xvi. 7.—Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. 
It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I 
go not away, the Comforter wili not come unto 
you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. 

Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God sent 
forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, cry- 
ing, Abba, Father. 


I. 
Give. | 

From the second group we learn that God 
GIVES His Spirit to men. This word empha- 
sizes the Divine GRACE. 

Num. xi. 25.—And the Lord came down in 
a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the 
Spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the 
seventy elders. 

Num. xi. 29.—And Moses said unto him, 
Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all 
the Lord’s people were prophets, and that the 
Lord would give (A. V. put) His Spirit to them. 

Neh. ix. 20.—Thou gavest them Thy good 
Spirit to instruct them. 

Isa. xlii. 1.—Behold My servant whom I up- 
hold; Mine elect in whom My soul delighteth ; 
I have given My Spirit to him. (A. V. put.) 

Ezek. xi. 19.—I will give them one heart, and 
I will give (A. V. put) a new Spirit within you. 

Ezek. xxxvi. 26, 27.—A new heart will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I give (A. V. put) 
within you; and I will take away the stony heart 
out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of 
flesh, and I will give (A. V. put) My Spirit within 
you, and cause you to walk in My Statutes, and 
ye shall keep My judgments, and do them. 

22 


The Things of the Spirit 


Ezek. xxxvii. 14.—Ye shall know that I am the 
Lord when I shall give (A. V. put) My Spirit in 
you. 

Luke xi. 13.—If ye then, being evil, know how 
to give good gifts unto your children, how much 
more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit to them that ask Him ? 

John iii. 34. (R. V.)—For He whom God hath 
sent speaking the words of God; for He giveth 
not the Spirit by measure. 

John xiv. 16.—And I will pray the Father, and 
He shall give you another Comforter, that He 
may abide with you forever. 

Acts v. 32.—And we are His witnesses of these 
things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom 
God hath given to them that obey Him. 

Acts xv. 8.—And God, which knoweth the 
hearts, bear them witness, giving them the Holy 
Ghost, even as He did unto us. 

2 Cor. i. 22.._Now He which stablisheth us 
with you in Christ, and hath anointed us is God. 
Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest 
of the Spirit in our hearts. 

2 Cor. v. 5.—Now He that hath wrought us 
for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given 
unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 

Eph. i. 16, 17.—For this cause I also cease 
not to give thanks for you, making mention of 
you in my prayers. That the God of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory may give unto 
you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the 
knowledge of Him. 

1 Thess. iv. 8.—He therefore that despiseth, 
despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given 
unto us His Holy Spirit. 

1 John iii. 24.—And hereby we know that He 
abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us. 


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1 John iv. 13.—Hereby know we that we dwell 
in Him, and He in us, because He hath given us 
of His Spirit. 

Compare. 

Psa. li. r1.—Cast me not away from Thy 
presence and take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. 


Ill. 
TEA t 


From the third group we learn that God PUTS 
His Spirit upon men. This word emphasizes the 
Divine SOVEREIGNTY and EFFICIENCY. 

Isa. Ixili. 11.—Where is He that put His Holy 
Spirit within Him. 

Num. xi. 17.—I will take of the Spirit which 
is upon thee, and will put it upon them. 

Matt. xii. 18.—Behold My servant, whom I 
have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is 
well pleased. I will put My Spirit upon Him, 
and He shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 


IV. 
Pour Out. 


From the fourth group we learn that God 
POURS OUT His Spirit upon men. This word 
emphasizes the Divine Bounty. 

Prov. 1. 23.—Turn you at My reproof; be- 
hold, I will pour out (as an exuberant fountain 
pours out) My Spirit unto you, I will make known 
My words unto you. 

Isa. xxxll. 15.—Until the Spirit be poured on 
us from on; high (as one overturns a vessel to 
empty it). 

Isa. xliv. 3.—I will pour water on him that is 
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will 
pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing 
upon thine offspring. | 


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The Things of the Spirit 


Ezek. xxxix. 29.—Neither will I hide My face 
any more from them; for I have poured out My 
Spirit upon the house of Israel. 

Joel ii. 28, 29.—And it shall come to pass 
afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all 
flesh ; and your sons and your daughters shall 
prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, 
your young men shall see visions; and also upon 
the servants and upon the handmaids in those 
days will I pour out My Spirit. 

Zech. xii. ro.—And I will pour upon the house 
of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
the Spirit of grace and of supplications. 

Acts ii. 16-18.—But this is that which was 
spoken by the prophet Joel; and it shall come 
to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour 
out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons 
and your daughters shall prophesy, and your 
young men shall see visions, and your old men 
shall dream dreams; and on My servants and on 
My handmaidens I will pour out in those days of 
My Spirit ; and they shall prophesy. 

Acts ii. 33.—Therefore being by the right 
hand of God exalted, and having received of the 
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, He hath 
shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 

Titus iii. 5, 6.Not by words of righteousness 
which we have done, but according to His mercy 
He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and 
renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on 
us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 


V. 
Minister. 


From the fifth group we learn that God MIN- 
ISTERS or SUPPLIES His Spirit to men. This 


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word emphasizes the Divine SoLICITUDE for our 
spiritual welfare. 

Gal. iii. 5.—He therefore that ministereth to 
you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, 
doeth He it by the works of the law, or by the 
hearing of faith. 

Phil. i. 19.—For I know that this shall turn 
to my salvation through your prayer, and the 
supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 


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CHAPTER V 
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT 


WHEN we come to consider the passages in 
which the acts of the Holy Ghost are revealed, 
we find that they tell us of a sixfold ministry of 
the Spirit. 


Section First 
Creation 

There is His ministry in connection with the 
material Creation. 

(1.) He brings order out of chaos. 

Gen. i. 2.—The earth was without form and 
void; and darkness was upon the face of the 
deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the 
face of the waters. 

(2.) He creates the world. 

Psa. xxxili. 6.—By the Word of the Lord were 
the heavens made; and all the host of them by 
the breath of His mouth. 

(3.) . He creates man. 

Job xxxiii. 4.—The Spirit of God hath made 
me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given 
me life. 

(4.) He beautifies the world. 

Job xxvi. 13.—By His Spirit He hath gar- 
nished the heavens. 

(s.) He brings death upon it. 

‘Isa. xl. 7.—-The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth ; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth 
upon it; surely the people is grass. 

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(6.) He brings new life to it. 

Psa. civ. 30.—Thou sendest forth Thy Spirit, 
they are created; and thou renewest the face of 
the earth. 


Section Second 
Inspiration 


There is His ministry in connection with the 
Inspiration of the Bible. 


as 


He came upon certain individuals that He 
might cause them to deliver a certain message. 


(1.) On Balaam. 

Num. xxiv. 2.—And Balaam lifted up iis eyes, 
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according 
to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon 
him. And he took up his parable and said :— 


(2.) On Amasai. 

1 Chron. xii. 8.—Then the Spirit came down 
upon Amasai, who was chief of the Captains, and 
he said :— 


(3.) On Azariah. 

2 Chron. xv. 1.—And the Spirit of God came 
upon Azariah, the son of Oded ; and he went out 
to meet Asa, and said unto him :— 

(4.) On Jahaziel. 

2 Chron. xx. 14.—Then upon Jahaziel, the son 
of Zechariah, came the Spirit of the Lord in the 
midst of the congregation; and he said,—Thus 
saith the Lord :— 

(5.) On Zechariah. 

2 Chron. xxiv. 20.—And the Spirit of God 
came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the 
priest, and he said. —Thus saith God :— 

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(6.) On Zacharias. 

Luke i. 67.—And his father Zacharias was 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied. 

Cp )e On: Lier. 

Acts iv. 8.—Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, 
and elders of Israel, etc. 


(8.) On Paul. 

Acts. xiii. g9.—Then Saul (who is also called 
Paul), filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on 
Him, and said :— 

II. 


Specially He inspired David. 

2 Sam. xxiii. 1, 2.—David the son of Jesse said, 
The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, 
and His Word was in my tongue. 

Matt. xxii. 42-44.—Jesus asked them, saying, 
What think ye of Christ? whose Son is He? 
They say unto Him, The son of David. He 
saith unto them, How doth David in spirit call 
Him Lord, saying, The Lorp said unto my 
Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand, till I make 
Thine enemies Thy footstool ? 

Mark xii. 36.—For David himself said by the 
Holy Ghost, The Lorp said unto my Lord, Sit 
Thou on My right hand, till I make Thine ene- 
mies Thy footstool. 

Acts iv. 34. (R. V.).—Lord, Thou art God, 
which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
and all that in them is. Who, by the Holy 
Ghost, by the mouth of Thy servant David, hast 
said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine vain things? 

Acts i. 16.—Men and brethren, this scripture 
must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy 
Ghost, by the mouth of David, spake before con- 


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cerning Judas, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. 

Heb. iv. 7.—Again, he limiteth a certain day, 
saying in David, To-day, after so long a time; as 
it is said, To-day if ye will hear His voice, har- 
den not your hearts. 


Ill. 
And Isaiah. 
Acts xxvii. 25.—-Well spake the Holy Ghost 
by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, saying :— 


IV. 

And Jeremiah. 

Heb. x. 15.—Whereof the Holy Ghost also is 
a witness to us: for after that He had said be- 
fore, This is the covenant that I will make with 
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put 
My laws into their hearts, and in their minds 
will I write them; and their sins and iniquities 
will I remember no more. 


V. 

And Agabus. 

Acts xxi. 10.—And as we tarried there many 
“days, there came down from Judea a certain 
prophet, named Agabus. And when he was come 
unto us, he took Paul’s girdle, and bound his 
own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the 
Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind 
the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver 
him into the hands of the Gentiles. 


| VI. 
And certain other disciples. 
Acts xxi. 4.—And finding disciples, we tarried 
there seven days: who said to Paul through the 
Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. 


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VII. 


And the New Testament writers. 

Eph. ili. 5.—Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowledge in the mystery of 
Christ. Which in other ages was not made 
known unto the sons of men, as it is now re- 
vealed unto His holy apostles and prophets by 
the Spirit. } 


VIII. 


He inspired prophecy in general. 

Neh. ix. 20.—Thou gavest them also Thy good 
Spirit to instruct them. 

Neh. ix. 30.—Thou testifiedst against them by 
Thy Spirit in Thy prophets. 

Micah iii, 8.—I am full of power by the Spirit 
of the Lord . . . to declare unto Jacob his trans- 
gressors, and to Israel his sin. 

Zech. vii. 12.—Yet they made their hearts as 
an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, 
and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent 
in His Spirit by the former prophets. 

1 Tim. iv. 1.—Now the Spirit speaketh ex- 


pressly, that in the latter times some shall depart @ 


from the faith giving heed to seducing spirits, 
and doctrines of devils. 

Heb. iil. 7.—Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost 
saith), To-day, if ye will hear His voice, Harden 
not your hearts. 

Heb. ix. 8.—The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
that the way into the holiest of all was not yet 
made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was 
yet standing. 

1 Pet. 1. ro-12._Of which salvation the proph- 
ets have enquired and searched diligently, who 
prophesied of the grace that should come unto 
you. Searching what, or what manner of time 


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the Spirit of Christ which was in them did sig- 
nify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of 
Christ, and the glory that should follow. Unto 
whom it was revealed, that not unto ourselves, 
but unto us they did minister the things, which 
are now reported unto you by them that have 
preached the gospel unto you with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the 
angels desire to look into. ie 

2° PEt; (20, 21.—Knowing this first, that no 
prophecy of the scripture is of any private inter- 
pretation. For the prophecy came not in old 
time by the will of man; but holy men of God 
spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 


IX, 


And the Scripture as a whole. 

Eph. vi. 17.—And take the helmet of salva- 
tion, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the 
word of God. 

2 Tim. iii. 16.—All scripture is given by in- 
spiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, 
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in 
righteousness: that the man of God may be per- 
fect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

1 Cor. 11. g-16.—But as it is written, eye hath 
not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into 
the heart of man, the things which God hath 
prepared for them that love Him. But God hath 
revealed them unto us by His Spirit: for the 
Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things 
of God. For what man knoweth the things of a 
man, save the spirit of man that is in him, even 
so the things of God knoweth no man, but the 
Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the 
spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of 
God; that we might know the things that are 


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freely given to us of God. Which things also 
we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; 
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But 
the natural man receiveth not the things of the 
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: 
neither can he know them, because they are spirit- 
ually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth 
all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 
For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that 
he may instruct Him? But we have the mind 
of Christ. 


Section Third 
Conviction 


There is His ministry in connection with the 
Conviction of Men. 

Gen. vi. 3.—And the Lord said, My Spirit 
shall not always strive with man. 

John xvi, 7-11.—Nevertheless, I tell you the 
truth; It is expedient for you that I go away ; 
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come 
unto you; but if I depart I will send Him unto 
you. And when He is come, He will reprove 
the world of sin, and of righteousness and of 
judgment; of sin, because they believe not on 
Me ; of righteousness, because I go to My Father, 
and ye see me no more; of judgment, because 
the Prince of this world is judged. 

Heb. vi. 4-6.—For it is impossible for those 
who were once enlightened, and have tasted of 
the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost, and have tasted the good word of 
God, and the powers .of the world to come. 
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto 
repentance. 


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Section Fourth 
Regeneration 
There is His ministry in connection with the 
Regeneration of Men. ‘This is twofold. 


I 


He comes to quicken and give life. 

John iu, 1~8.—There was a man of the Phari- 
sees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 
The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto 
Him, Rabbi, we know that Thou art a teacher 
come from God ; for no man can do these miracles 
that Thou doest, except God be withhim. Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can- 
not see the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith 
unto Him, How can a man be born when he is 
old? can he enter the second time into his 
mother’s womb and be born? Jesus answered, 
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be 
born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the Kingdom of God. That which is born 
of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of 
the Spirit is Spirit. Marvel not that I said unto 
thee, Ye must be born again. ‘The wind bloweth 
where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound 
thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and 
whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of 
the Spirit. | 

John i. 12, 13.—But as many as received Him, 
to them gave He power to become the sons of 
God, even to them that believe on His Name, 
which were born, not of blood, nor of the will 
of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

John vi. 63.—It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; 
the flesh profiteth nothing ; the words that Ispeak 
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 


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Eph. ii. r-7.—And you hath He quickened, 
who were dead in trespasses and sins, wherein in 
time past ye walked according to the course of 
this world, according to the prince of the power 
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the 
children of disobedience among whom also we 
all had our conversation in times past in the 
lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh 
and of the mind; and were by nature the chil- 
dren of wrath, even as others. But God, who is 
rich in mercy, for His great love, wherewith He 
loved us even when we were dead in sins, hath 
quickened us together with Christ (by grace ye 
are saved); and hath raised us up together, and 
made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ 
Jesus, that in the ages to come He might shew 
the exceeding riches of His grace in His kind- 
ness toward us through Christ Jesus. 

Gal. iv. 29.—But as then, he that was born 
after the flesh persecuted Him that was born after 
the Spirit, even so it is now. 

Titus ill. 5.—He saved us by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, 
which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus 
Christ our Saviour. 

t John iii. 9.—Whosoever is born of Ged doth 
not commit sin ; for His seed remaineth in him ; 
and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. 

r John v. 1~4.—Whosoever believeth that 
Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every 
one that loveth Him that begat, loveth Him also 
that is begotten of Him. By this we know that 
we love the children of God, when we love God 
and keep His commandments. For this is the 
love of God, that we keep His commandments ; 
and His commandments are not grievous. For 
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world ; 


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and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
even our faith. 
Il. 


He comes to dwell in those whom He has 
quickened. 

Rom. viii. 9.—But if the Spirit of Him that 
raised up Jesus dwell in you, He that raised up 
Christ from the dead shall also quicken your 
mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. 

1 Cor. iii. 16.—Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwell- 
eth in you. | 

2 Tim. i. 14.—That good thing which was 
committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost 
which dwelleth in us. . 


LVote. 

In all in whom He dwells He is meant to dwell 
fully. 

Eph. v. 18.—Be not drunk with wine wherein 
is excess, but be filled with the Spirit. 


Section Fifth 
Sanctification 
There is His Ministry in connection with the 
Sanctification and Comfort of Believers. 


(1.) On believers He ts to rest. 

1 Pet. iv. 14.—If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye; for the Spirit of 
Glory and of God resteth upon you. 

(2.) Over believers He ts to yearn. 

James iv..5.—The Spirit whom He made to 
dwell in us longeth jealously over us. 

(3.) He reveals the love of God. 

Rom. v. 5.—And hope maketh not ashamed ; 
because the love of God is shed abroad in our 
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 

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(4.) He bears witness to sonship. 

Rom. viii. 14-17.—-For as many as are led by 
the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For 
ye have not received the spirit of bondage again 
to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adop- 
tion, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit 
itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are 
the children of God; and if children, then heirs ; 
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christss5if 
so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be 
also glorified together. 


(5.) He helps in prayer. 

Rom. viii. 26, 27.—Likewise the Spirit also 
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what 
we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit 
itself maketh intercession for us with groanings 
which cannot be uttered. And He that search- 
eth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the 
Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the 
saints according to the will of God. 

Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God 
sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, 
crying, Abba, Father. 


(6.) He delivers from the power of sin. 

Rom. viii. 2.—For the law of the Spirit of life 
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law 
of sin and death. 

Gal. v. 16-18.—This I say then, Walk in the 
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 
Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary 
the one to the other: so that ye may not do the 
things that ye would. But if ye be led of the 
Spirit, ye are not under the law. 


(7.) He supplies the basis for a holy life. 
2 Thess, ii. 13, 14. But we are bound to give 


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thanks always to God for you, brethren beloved 
of the Lord, because God hath from the begin- 
ning chosen you to salvation in sanctification of 
the Spirit and belief of the truth. Whereunto He 
called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the 
glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. i. 2.—Elect according to the foreknowl- 
edge of God the Father, in sanctification of the 
Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood 
of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you and peace be 
multiplied. 

Rom. xv. 15, 16.—Nevertheless, brethren, I 
have written the more boldly unto you in some 
sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace 
that is given to Me of God, that I should be the 
minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, minister- 
ing the gospel of God, that the offering up of the 
Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by 
the Holy Ghost. 


(8.) He bestows knowledge. 

John xiv. 26.—But the Comforter, which is 
the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in 
My Name, He shall teach you all things, and 
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever 
I have said unto you. 

John xvi. 13.—Howbeit when He, the Spirit 
of truth is come, He will guide you into all 
truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but 
whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak : 
and He will show you things to come. 

1 Cor. ii. 12, 13.-Now we have received, not 
the spirit of the world but the Spirit which is of 
God; that we might know the things that are 
freely given to us of God. Which things also we 
speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; 
comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 

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1 John ii. 20, 27.—But ye have an unction 
from the Holy One, and ye know all things. 

But the anointing which ye have received of 
Him abideth in you, and ye need not that any 
man teach you: but as the same anointing teach- 
eth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, 
and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in 
Him. 

(9.) Joy, Peace, Hope and Love. 

Rom. xv. 13.—Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Col. i. 8.—Who also declared unto us your 
love in the Spirit. 

1 Thess. 1. 6.—And ye became followers of us, 
and of the Lord, having received the word in 
much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. 


(10.) And every spiritual grace. 

Gal. v. 22, 23.—But the fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, good- 
ness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such 
there is no law. 

(11.) He seals the believer. 

Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
redemption. 

(12.) He bears witness of Christ. 

John xv. 26, 27.—But when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you from the 
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
eth from the Father, He shall testify of Me: and 
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been 
with Me from the beginning. 

1 Cor. xii. 3.—Wherefore I give you to under- 
stand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God 


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calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say 
that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

1 John iv. 2.—Hereby know ye the Spirit of 
God; Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus 
Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. 

1 John v. 6.—It is the Spirit that beareth wit- 
ness, because the Spirit is the truth. For there 
are three that bear witness, the Spirit, the water, 
and the blood: and the three agree in one. 


(13.) He reveals and glorifies Christ. 

John xvi. 14, 15.—He shall glorify Me: for 
He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto 
you, All things that the Father hath are Mine: 
therefore, said I, that He shall take of Mine, and 
shall shew it unto you. 

(14.) He transforms us into the tmage of 
Christ. 

Rom. vill. 29.—For whom did He foreknow, 
He also did predestinate to be conformed to the 
image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn 
among many brethren. 

2 Cor. 111. 18.—But we all, with open face be- 
_holding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are 
changed into the same image from glory to glory, 
even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

1 John iii. 2.—Beloved, now are we the sons 
of God, and it doth not yet appear what we 
shall be: but we know that, when He shall ap- 
pear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see 
Him as He is. 

Section Sixth 
Equipment 

There is His ministry in connection with the 
equipment of believers for service. 

The number of passages bearing on this sub- 
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deal first with the Old Testament and then with 
the New. 


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OLD TESTAMENT PASSAGES 


From the Old Testament we learn that in order 
to service — 


(1.) The Spirit comes upon men (literally, 
clothes Himself with men). 

Judges vi. 34.—The Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Gideon. 

1 Chron, xii. 18.—Then the Spirit came upon 
Amasal. 

2. Chron. xxiv. 20.—And the Spirit of God 
came upon Zechariah. 


(2.) The Spirit COMES MIGHTILY upon men 
(literally, attacks men). 


Judges xiv. 6.—The Spirit of the Lord came 
mightily upon him (Samson). 


Judges xiv. 19. ue es 
Judges xv. 14. cs ‘ 
Pesan. X..0. s (Saul) 
I Sam. x. 10. oe es 

1 Sam. xi. 6. a us 
Tam. xvi. 13. ac (David) 


(3.) The Spirit is UPON men. 

Num. xi. 17.—I will take of the Spirit which 
is upon thee (Moses). 

Num. xxiv. 2.—And the Spirit of God came 
(literally, was) upon him (Balaam). 

Judges iii. 10.—And the Spirit of the Lord 
came (literally, was) upon him (Othniel). 

Judges xi. 29.—Then the Spirit of the Lord 
came (literally, was) upon Jephthah. 


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1 Sam. xix. 20.—The Spirit of God came 
(literally, was) upon the messengers of Saul. 

1 Sam. xix. 23.—The Spirit of God came 
(literally, was) upon Saul. 

2 Chron. xv. 1.—The Spirit of God came 
(literally, was) upon Azariah. 

2 Chron. xx. 14.—Then upon Jahaziel . 
came (literally, was) the Spirit of the Lord. 

Isa. lix. 21.—-My Spirit that is upon thee, and 
My words which I have put in thy mouth, shall 
not depart out of thy mouth. 

Isa. Ix. 1.—The Spirit of the Lord God is 
upon me. 

Compare. 

1 Kings xxii. 24 and 2 Chronicles xviii. 22. 
which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me 
to speak unto thee. 


(4.) The Spirit 1s Iv men. 


Gen. xli. 38.—A man in whom the Spirit of 
God is. (Joseph.) 
Num. xxvii. 18.—Take thee Joshua, . . a 


man in whom is the Spirit. 


(5.) The Spirit Rests on men. 

Num. xi. 25.—The Spirit rested upon them. 

Num. xi. 26.—The Spirit rested upon them. 

Isa. xi. 2.—The Spirit of the Lord shall rest 
upon Him. 

(6.) The Spirit ENTERS INTO men. 

Ezek. ii. 2.—The Spirit entered into me when 
He spake with me. 

Eizek. ili. 24.—The Spirit entered into me and 
set me upon my feet. 

(7.) The Spirit Moves men. 

Judges xiii. 25.—And the Spirit of the Lord 

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began to move Sampson at times in the camp of 
Dan. 


(8.) The Spirit Lirrs men up bodily. 


1 Kings xviii. 12.—The Spirit of the Lord 
shall carry thee whither I know not. 

2 Kings ii. 16.—Lest peradventure the Spirit 
of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him 
upon some mountain. 

Ezek. iii. 12.—Then the Spirit lifted me up, 
and I heard behind me the voice of a great rush- 
ing. 

Ezek. iii. 14.—So the Spirit lifted me up, and 
took me away. 

Ezek. viii. 3.—And the Spirit lifted me up be- 
tween the earth and the heaven. 

Ezek. xi. 1.—Moreover, the Spirit lifted me 
up, and brought me unto the east gate of the 
Lord’s house. 

Ezek. xi. 24.—And the Spirit lifted me up, 
and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of 
God into Chaldea. 

Ezek. xxxvii. 1.—The hand of the Lord was 
upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the 
Lord, and set me down in the midst of a valley 
which was full of bones. 


(9.) - The Spirit raLLS UPON men. 


Ezek. xi. 5.—The Spirit of the Lord fell upon 
me. 


(10.) The Spirit FILLS men. 


Exod. xxviii. 3.—All that are wise-hearted, 
whom I have filled with the Spirit of Wisdom. 

Exod. xxxi. 3.—I have filled him with the 
Spirit of God, in wisdom. 

Exod. xxxv. 31. He hath filled him with the 
Spirit of God in wisdom. 


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ii; 
NEW TESTAMENT PASSAGES 


From the New Testament we learn that in 
order to service :— 


(1.) The Spirit CoMEs upon believers. 


Matt. iil. 16,17.—And Jesus, when He was 
baptized, went up straightway out of the water: 
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto Him, and 
He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, 
and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice from 
heaven saying, This is My beloved Son, in whom 
I am well pleased. 

Mark 1. ro.—And straightway coming up out 
of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and 
the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him. 

Luke i. 22.-And the Holy Ghost descended 
in a bodily shape like a dove upon Him. 

John i. 32, 33.—I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon 
Him. And I knew Him not: but He that sent me 
to baptize with water, the same said unto. me, 
Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, 
and remaining on Him, the same is He which 
baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

Acts i. 8.—But ye shall receive power, after 
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye 
shall be witnesses unto Me. 

Acts li. 1-4.—-And when the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all with one accord in 
one place. And suddenly there came a sound 
from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it 
filled all the house where they were sitting. And 
there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as 
of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they 
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to 


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speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 

Acts xix. 6.—And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; 
and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. 


(2.) The Spirit Besrows GirTs for work. 


1 Cor. xii. 1-13.—Now concerning spiritual 
gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 
Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away 
unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. 
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man 
speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus 
accursed : and that no man can say that Jesus is 
the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Now there 
are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And 
there are differences of administrations, but the 
same Lord. And there are diversities of oper- 
ations, but it is the same God which worketh all 
in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is 
given to every man to profit withal. For to 
one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; 
to another the word of knowledge by the same 
Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to 
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit ; to 
another the working of miracles ; to another proph- 
ecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another 
divers kinds of tongues ; to another the interpreta- 
tion of tongues; But all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man 
severally as He will. For as the body is one, 
and hath many members, and all the members of 
that one body, being many, are one body; so 
also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all 
baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or 
Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have 
been all made to drink into one Spirit. 


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(3.) The Spirit apporns to work. 


Acts xiil. 1-4.—-Now there were in the church 
that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers ; 
as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, 
and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had 
been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and 
Saul. As they ministered to the Lord, and 
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barna- 
bas and Saul for the work whereunto I have 
called them. And when they had fasted and 
prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent 
them away. So they, being sent forth by the 
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from 
thence they sailed to Cyprus. 

Acts. xx. 28.—Take heed therefore unto your- 
selves, and to all the flock, over the which the 
Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the 
church of God, which He hath purchased with 
His own blood. 


(4.) The Spirit GumpEs to work. 

Acts. vili. 29, 39, 40.—Then the Spirit said 
unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to ‘this 
chariot. And when they were come up out of 
the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away 
Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and 
he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was 
found at Azotus : and passing through he preached 
in all the cities, till he came to Ceesarea. 

Acts x. 19, 20.—-While Peter thought on the 
vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three 
men seek thee. Arise therefore, and get thee 
down, and ‘go with them, doubting nothing: for 
I have sent them. 

Compare. 

Acts xi. 11, 12.—And, behold, immediately 
there were three men already come unto the house 

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where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. And 
the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubt- 
ing. 

ase xill, 4.—So they, being sent forth by the 
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia: and from 
thence they sailed to Cyprus. 

Acts xvi. 6-8.—Now when they had gone 
throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, 
and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach 
the word in Asia, after they were come to Mysia, 
they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit 
suffered them not. And they passing by Mysia 
came down to Troas. 

Rev. xvil. 3.—So he carried me away in the 
spirit into the wilderness; and I saw a woman 
sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of 
blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. 

Rev. xxi. 1o.—And he carried me away in the 
spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed 
me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descend- 
ing out of heaven from God. 


(5.) Helps in work. 


Matt. x. 19, 20.—-But when they deliver you 
up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : 
for it shall be given you in that same hour what 
ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but 
the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 

Mark xili. 11.—But when they shall lead you, 
and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand 
what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: 
but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, 
that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but 
the Holy Ghost. 

Luke xii. 11, 12.—And when they bring you 
unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and 
powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye 


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shall answer, or what ye shall say: For the Holy 
Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye 
ought to say. 

Acts xv. 28.—For it seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater 
burden than these necessary things ; 

1 Cor. vil. 40..—But she is happier if she so 
abide, after my judgment: and I think also that 
I have the Spirit of God. 

John vii. 37~-39.—In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, 
If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and 
drink. He that believeth on Me, as the scripture 
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of 
living water. (But this spake He of the Spirit, 
which they that believe on Him should receive : 
for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because 
that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

Acts 1. 8.—Ye shall receive power after that 
the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye shall 
be witnesses unto Me. 

Acts il. 4.—And they were all filled with the 
Holy Ghost and began to speak . . . as the 
_ Spirit gave them utterance. 

Acts vi. 9, 10.—Then there arose certain of 
the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of 
the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, 
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing 
with Stephen. And they were not able to resist 
the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spake. 

Rom. xv. 18, 19.—For I will not dare to speak 
of any of those things which Christ hath not 
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, 
by word and deed, through mighty signs and 
wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so 
that from Jerusalem, and round about unto IIlyr- 
icum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 


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t Cor. ii. 2~-5.—For I determined not to know 
anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and 
Him crucified. And I was with you in weak- 
ness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And 
my speech and my preaching was not with en- 
ticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstra- 
tion of the Spirit and of power: that your faith 
should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in . 
the power of God. 

1 Cor. xiv. 2._For He that speaketh in an un- 
known tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto 
God: for no man understandeth Him; howbeit 
in the Spirit He speaketh mysteries, 

1 Thess. i. 5.—For our gospel came not unto 
you in word only, but also in power, and in the 
Holy Ghost, and in much assurance ; as ye know 
what manner of men we were among you for your 
sake. 

2 Cor. ili. 5, 6.—Not that we are sufficient of 
ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but 
our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made 
usable ministers of the New Testament; not of - 
the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter killeth, 
but the Spirit giveth life. 

Heb. ii. 3, 4.—How shall we escape, if we 
neglect so great salvation; which at the first be- 
gan to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed 
unto us by them that heard Him; God also 
bearing them witness, both with signs and won- 
ders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the 
Holy Ghost, according to His own will? 

1 Pet. i. 12.—Unto whom it was revealed, 
that not unto themselves, but unto us they did 
minister the things, which are now reported unto 
you by them that have preached the gospel unto 
you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven ; 
which things the angels desire to look into. 


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Rey. xxii. 17.—And the Spirit and the bride 
say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. 
And let him that is athirst come. And whoso- 
ever will, let him take the water of life freely. 


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CHAPTER VI 


THE RELATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO OUR LORD 
JESUS CHRIST 


Section First 
Birth 

Jesus Christ was born of the Spirit. 

Matt. 1. 18-25.—-Now the birth of Jesus Christ 
was on this wise: When as His mother Mary 
was espoused to Joseph, before they came to- 
gether, she was found with child of the Holy 
Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just 
man, and not willing to make her a public ex- 
ample, was minded to put her away privily. But 
while he thought on these things, behold, the 
angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, 
saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to 
take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is 
conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she 
shall bring forth ason, and thou shalt call His name 
JESUS: for He shall save His people from their 
sins. -Now all this was done, that it might be 
fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the 
prophet, saying, Behold a virgin shall be with 
child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall 
call His name Emmanuel, which being inter- 
preted is, God with us. Then Joseph being 
raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord 
had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 
And knew her not till she had brought forth her 
firstborn son: and he called His name JESUS. 

Luke i. 26-38.—-And in the sixth month the 


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angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of 
Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin, espoused 
to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house 
of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary; and 
the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou 
that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee; 
blessed art thou among women. And when she 
saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast 
in her mind what manner of salutation this 
should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear 
not, Mary, for thou hast found favor with God ; 
and, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, 
and bring forth a son, and shalt call His name 
JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called 
the Son of the Highest ; and the Lord God shall 
give unto Him the throne of His father David, 
and He shall reign over the house of Jacob for- 
ever, and of His kingdom there shall be no end. 
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this 
be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel 
answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost 
shall come upon thee, and the power of .the 
Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore also 
that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall 
be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy 
cousin Elizabeth, she hath also conceived a son 
in her old age; and this is the sixth month with 
her, who was called barren; for with God noth- 
ing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold 
the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me ac- 
cording to Thy word. And the angel departed 
from her. 


Section Second 
Baptism 
Jesus Christ was anointed with the Spirit. 


Matt. 11. 13-17.—Then cometh Jesus from’ 


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Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of 
him; but John forbade Him, saying, I have 
need to be baptized of Thee, and comest Thou 
to me? And Jesus answering said unto him, 
Suffer it to be so now; for thus it becometh us 
to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered Him. 
And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up 
straightway out of the water; and lo, the heavens 
were opened unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of 
God descending like a dove, and lighting upon 
Him. And, lo, a voice from heaven saying, 
This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. 

Mark i. 9, ro..-And it came to pass in those 
days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, 
and was baptized of John in Jordan; and 
straightway coming up out of the water, He saw 
the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove 
descending upon Him. 

Luke iii. 21, 22.—Now when all the people 
were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus, also 
being baptized, and praying, the heaven was 
opened and the Holy Ghost descended ina 
bodily shape like a dove upon Him, and a voice 
came from heaven, which said, Thou art my be- 
loved Son; in Thee I am well pleased. 

John i. 32~-34.—-And John bare record, say- 
ing, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like 
a dove, and it abode upon Him and I knew Him 
not; but He that sent me to baptize with water, 
the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt 
see the Spirit descending, and remaining on 
Him, the same is He which baptizeth with the 
Holy Ghost. And I saw and bare record that 
this is the Son of God. 

Luke iv. 18, 19.—The Spirit of the Lord is 
upon me, because He hath anointed me to 


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preach the gospel to the poor! He hath sent me 
to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance 
to the captives, and recovering of sight to the 
blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to 
preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 

Acts x. 38._-God anointed Jesus of Nazareth 
with the Holy Ghost and with power; Who 
went about doing good, and healing all that were 
oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him. 


Section Third 
Life 

Jesus Christ lived in the Spirit. 

Matt. iv. 1.—-Then was Jesus led up of the 
Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the 
devil. 

Mark i. 12.—And immediately the Spirit 
driveth Him into the wilderness. 

Luke iv. 1.—-And Jesus, being full of the Holy 
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the 
Spirit into the wilderness. 

Luke iv. 14.—And Jesus returned in the power 
of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a 
fame of Him through all the region round about. 

1 Tim. iil. 16.—And without controversy great 
is the mystery of godliness; God was manifest in 
the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, 
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the 
world, received up into glory. 

Luke x. 21. (R. V.)—In+that hour Jesus re- 
joiced in the Holy Spirit. 


Section Fourth 
Work 
Jesus Christ worked in the power of the Spirit. 
Matt. xii. 18.—Behold My Servant whom I 
have chosen; My beloved, in whom My soul is 


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well pleased ; I will put My Spirit upon Hin, 
and He shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 

Matt. xii. 28.—But if I cast out devils by the 
Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God is come 
unto you. 

Luke iv. 18.—The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
Me, because He hath anointed Me to preach. 

Acts i. 2.—Until the day in which He was 
taken up, after that He, through the Holy Ghost, 
had given commandments unto the apostles whom 
He had chosen. 


Section Fifth 
Death 

Through the Spirit Jesus Christ offered Himself 
to God. 

Heb. ix. 14.—How much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered 
Himself without spot to God, purge your con- 
science from dead works to serve the living God ? 


Section Sixth 
Resurrection 

By the Spirit, Jesus Christ was raised from the 
dead. 

t Pet. iii. 18.—-For Christ also hath once suf- 
fered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He 
might bring us to God, being put to death in the 
flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 

Rom. i. 4.—And declared to be the Son of 
God with power, according to the spirit of holi- 
ness, by the resurrection from the dead. 


Section Seventh 
The Outpouring of the Spirit 
Being raised from the dead, He receives the 
Spirit, and with the Spirit baptizes His. people. 
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Acts li. 32, 33.—This Jesus hath God raised 
up, whereof we are all witnesses. Therefore be- 
ing by the right hand of God exalted, and having 
received of the Father the promise of the Holy 
Ghost, He hath shed forth this, which we now 
see and hear. 

Matt. 111. 2, I indeed baptize you with water 
unto repentance; but He that cometh after me 
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy 
to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost, and with fire. 

Mark 1. 7, 8.—There cometh one mightier 
than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am 
not worthy to stoop down and unloose. I indeed 
have baptized you with water: but He shall bap- 
tize you with the Holy Ghost. 

Luke iii. 16.—John answered, saying unto 
them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but 
one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose 
shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall bap- 
tize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. 

John i. 33.—Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending and remaining on Him, the 
- same 1s He which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

John xx. 21, 22..-Then said Jesus to them 
again, Peace be unto you: as My Father hath 
sent Me, even so send I you. And when He had 
said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 

Luke xxiv. 49.—And behold, I send the 
promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in 
the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with 
power from on high. 

Acts i. 4, 5..-And, being assembled together 
with them, commanded them that they should 
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the 
promise of the Father, which saith He, ye have 

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heard of Me. For John truly baptized with 
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy 
Ghost not many days hence. 

Acts xi, 16.—Then remembered I the word of 
the Lord, how that He said, John indeed bap- 
tized with water: but ye shall be baptized with 
the Holy Ghost. 

1 John ii, 20.—-Ye have an Unction from the 
Holy One. 


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CHAPTER VII 
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT 


In connection with the believer’s life in the 
Spirit, three principles must be stated :— 


FIRST PRINCIPLE: 
The Sphere 


THE SPIRIT IS THE ELEMENT OR SPHERE OF THE 
BELIEVER’S LIFE 


Section First 
Born of the Spirit 

THE believer enters this sphere by a spiritual 
birth. 

John iii. 3~8.—Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a 
-man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom 
of God. Nicodemus saith unto Him, How 
can a man be born when he is old? can he 
enter the second time into his mother’s womb, 
and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born of water 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the king- 
dom‘of God. That which is born of the flesh is 
flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is 
spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must 
be born again. ‘The wind bloweth where it list- 
eth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but 
canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it 
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 

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John i. 12, 13.—But as many as received Him, 
to them gave He power to become the sons of 
God, even to them that believe on His Name: 
which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

James i. 18.—-Of His own will begat He us 
with the word of truth, that we should be a kind 
of first-fruits of His creatures. 

r Pet. i. 23.—Being born again, not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word 
of God, which liveth and abideth forever. 


Section Second 
~ The Baptism of the Spirit 

In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is bap- 
tized. 

Matt. iii. 11.—I indeed baptize you with water 
unto repentance: but He that cometh after me 
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy 
to bear: He shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost, and with fire. 

Mark i. 8.—I indeed have baptized you with 
water: but He shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost. 

Luke iii. 16.—John answered, saying unto 
them_all, I indeed baptize you with water; but 
one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose 
shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall bap- 
tize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. 

Acts i. 5.—For John truly baptized with water ; 
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not 
many days hence. 

Acts viii. 15-17.—Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
the Holy Ghost. (For as yet He was fallen upon 
none of them: only they were baptized in the 
name of the Lord Jesus.) Then laid they their 


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hands on them, and they received the Holy 
Chost. 

Acts x. 44-48.—While Peter yet spake these 
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which 
heard the word. And they of the circumcision 
which believed were astonished, as many as came 
with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was 
poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. For they 
heard them speak with tongues, and magnify 
God. Then answered Peter, Can any man for- 
bid water, that these should not be baptized, 
which have received the Holy Ghost as well as 
we? And he commanded them to be baptized 
in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they 
him to tarry certain days. 

Acts x1. 15, 16..-And as I began to speak, 
the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the be- 
ginning. ‘Then remembered I the word of the 
Lord, how that He said, John indeed baptized 
with water; but ye shall be baptized with the 
Holy Ghost. 

Acts xix. 6.—And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on 
‘them; and they spake with tongues, and prophe- 
sied. 


Section Third 
The Fullness of the Spirit 
In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is to be 
filled. 


THE COMMAND :— 

Eph. v. 19.—Be not drunk with wine wherein 
is excess; but be filled with the Spirit. 

THE EXAMPLES :— 


(a) Full (adjective) of the Spirit. 
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(1.) Joshua. 


Deut. xxxiv. 9.—Joshua, the Son of Nun was 
full of the Spirit. 


(2.) Our Lord. 

Luke vi. 1.—And Jesus being full of the Holy 
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the 
Spirit into the wilderness. 


(3.) Stephen. 

Weise vies) -\V heretore,u uretiren,, looks ye 
out among you seven men of honest report, full 
of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may 
appoint over this business. 

Acts vi. 5.—And the saying pleased the whole 
multitude ; and they chose Stephen, a man full 
of faith and of the Holy Ghost. 

Acts vii. 55.—But he, being full of the Holy 
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and 
saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the 
right hand of God. 

(4.) Barnabas. 

Acts xi. 22, 24.—-And they sent forth Barnabas 


. . . He was a good man, and full of the Holy 
Ghost and of faith. 

(b) Filled (verb) with the Spirit. 

(1.) - Certain Israelites. 

Exod. xxviii. 3.—All that are wise-hearted, 
whom I have filled with the Spirit of Wisdom. 

(2.) Bezaleel. 

Exod. xxxi. 3.—I have filled him with the 
Spirit of God. 

Exodus xxxv. 31.—He hath filled him with the 
Spirit of God. 

(3.) John Baptist. 

Luke i. 15.—For he shall be great in the sight 
of the Lord, and shall drink, neither wine nor 

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strong drink; and he shall be filled with the 
Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. 


(4.) &lzabeth. 

Luke i. 41.—-And it came to pass, that, when 
Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe 
leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled 
with the Holy Ghost. 


(5.) Zacharias. 
Luke i. 67.—And his father Zacharias was 
filled with the Holy Ghost and prophesied. 


(6.) Zhe disciples at Pentecost. 

Acts ii. 1-4.—And when the day of Pentecost 
was fully come, they were all with one accord in 
one place. And suddenly there came a sound 
from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it 
filled all the house where they were sitting. And 
there appeared unto them cloven tongues as of 
fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they 
were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to 
speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. 


OJ) ee CtCro 

Acts iv. 8.—Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, 
and elders of Israel, etc. 


(8.) Zhe Disciples. 

Acts iv. 31.—-And when they had prayed, the 
place was shaken where they were assembled to- 
gether; and they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and they spake the word of God with 
boldness. 

(9.) Paul. 

Acts ix. 17.—And Ananias went his way, and 
entered into the house; and putting his hands on 
him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, 

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that appeared unto thee in the way as thou 
camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive 
thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 

(10.) Paul again. 

Acts xill. 9.—Then Saul, (who also is called 
Paul, ) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on 
him. | 

(11.) Zhe Disciples. 

Acts xili. 52.—And the disciples were filled 
with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 


Section Four th 
The Blessings of the Spirit 


In the sphere of the Spirit the believer receives 
all blessing. 

Cleansing, consecration, acceptance. 

1 Cor. vi. 9-11.—Know ye not that the un- 
righteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 
Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor 
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor 
abusers. of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, 
nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, 
but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our 
God. 

Fellowship. 

Phil. ii. 1.—If there be therefore any consola- 
tion in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fel- 
lowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies. 

Righteousness, peace, soy. 

Rom. xiv. 17.—For the kingdom of God is not 
meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, 
and joy, in the Holy Ghost. 


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Hope. 

Rom. xv. 13.—Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may 
abound in hope, through the power of the Holy 
Ghost. 

Access. 

Eph. ii. 18.—For through Him we both have 
access by one Spirit unto the Father. 

Every blessing. 

Eph. i. 3.—Blessed be the God and Father of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with 
all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ. 


Section Fifth 
Prayer in the Spirit 

In the sphere of the Spirit the believer is to 
pray. 

Rom. viii. 15, 26, 27.—For ye have not re- 
ceived the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye 
have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we 
cry, Abba, Father. Likewise the Spirit also 
helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we 
should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit Him- 
self maketh intercession for us with groanings 
which cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth 
the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the 
Spirit, because He maketh intercession for the 
saints according to the will of God. 

Gal. iv. 6.—And because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your 
hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Eph. vi. 18.—Praying always with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit and watching 
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication 
for all saints. 

Jude 20, 21.—But ye, beloved, building up 


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yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in 
the Holy Ghost. Keep yourselves in the love of 
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus 
Christ unto eternal life. 


Section Sixth 
The Indwelling of the Spirit | 

In the sphere of the Spirit the believer become 
a habitation of God, and is sealed unto the day 
of redemption. 

Eph. ii. 22.—In whom ye also are builded to- 
gether for an habitation of God through the 
Spirit. 

t Cor. iii. 16, 17.—Know ye not that ye are 
the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God 
dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple 
of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple 
of God is holy, which temple ye are. 

1 Cor. vi. 19, 20.—What? know ye not that 
your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which 
is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not 
your own? For ye are bought with a price: 
therefore glorify God in your body and in your 
spirit, which are God’s. 

John xiv. 23.—Jesus answered and said unto 
him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words 
and My Father will love him: and we will come 
unto him, and make our abode with him. 

2 Cor. vi. 16.—And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple 
of the living God; as God hath said, I will 
dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be 
their God, and they shall be My people. 

Eph. i. 12~-14.—That we should be to the praise 
of His glory, who first trusted in Christ. In 
whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the 
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in 

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whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise, which is the 
earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of 
the purchased possession, unto the praise of His 
glory. 

Eph. iv. 30.—And grieve not the Holy Spirit 
of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of 
redemption. 


SECOND PRINCIPLE 
The Rule 


WITHIN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE, THE SPIRIT IS THE 
DIRECTOR, AND HIS WILL THE RULE OF THE 
BELIEVER’S LIFE 


Section First 
The Reception of the Spirit 
This Spirit he is to receive as the Gift of God. 


(1.) Only believers can receive Him. 

John xiv. 17.—The Spirit of Truth, whom the 
world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, 
neither knoweth Him. 

Jude 17--19.—But, beloved, remember ye the 
words which were spoken before of the apostles 
of our Lord Jesus Christ ; how that they told you 
there should be mockers in the last time, who 
should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These 
be they who separate themselves sensual, having 
not the Spirit. 

1 Cor. ii. 14.—The natural man receiveth not 
the things of the Spirit of God. 

r John iv. 6.—We are of God: he that know- 
eth God heareth us; he that is not of God hear- 
eth not us. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth, 
and the Spirit of error. 

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(2.) Believers receive Him from Christ. 

John xx, 22.—-He breathed on them, and said 
unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. 

Acts il. 33.—Having received of the Father 
the promise of the Holy Ghost He hath shed 
forth this. 


(3-) Lhe conditions of reception are :— 

i. Repentance. 

Acts. ii. 37-39.—Now when they heard this 
they were pricked in their heart, and said unto 
Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and 
brethren, what shall we do? ‘Then Peter said 
unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of 
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission 
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to 
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as 
many as the Lord our God shall call. 

Te bath: 

John vii. 38, 39.—He that believeth on Me, as 
the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow 
rivers of living water. (But this He spake of the 
Spirit, which they that believe on Him should 
receive; for the Holy Ghost was not yet given, 
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

Gal. 11. 2~-5.—This only would I learn of you, 
Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, 
or by the hearing of faith? Are ye so foolish? 
having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made 
perfect by the flesh? Have ye suffered so many 
things in vain? if it be yet in vain. He there- 
fore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and 
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the 
works of the law, or by the hearing of faith P 

Gal. iii. 13,14.—Christ hath redeemed us from 
the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: 

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for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth 
on a tree: That the blessing of Abraham might 
come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that 
we might receive the promise of the Spirit through 
faith. 

lil, Prayer. 

Acts. iv. 31.—And when they had prayed, the 
place was shaken where they were assembled 
together ; and they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and they spake the Word of God with 
boldness. . 

Luke xi. 13.—If ye then, being evil, know how 
to give good gifts unto your children; how much 
more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy 
Spirit to them that ask Him? 

Acts viii. 15.—Who when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
the Holy Ghost. 


iv. Obedience. 

Acts v. 32. And we are His witnesses of these 
things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God 
hath given to them that obey Him. 


v. But He cannot be obtained for money. 

Acts viii. 18-23.—And when Simon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles’ hands the 
Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money. 
Saying, Give me also this power, that on whom- 
soever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy 
Ghost. But Peter said unto him, Thy money 
perish with thee, because thou hast thought that 
the gift of God may be purchased with money. 
Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. Re- 
pent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray 
God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may 
be forgiven thee. For I perceive that thou 

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art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of 
iniquity. 

(4.) The reception of Him ts necessary to a 
fully developed spiritual life. 

Acts viii. 14-17.—Now when the apostles 
which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had 
received the Word of God, they sent unto them 
Peter and John: who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they might receive 
the Holy Ghost: (for as yet He was fallen upon 
none of them; only they had been baptized in 
the name of the Lord Jesus). Then laid they 
their hands on them, and they received the Holy 
Ghost. 

Acts xix. 1-6.—And it came to pass, that, 
while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having 
passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus ; 
and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, 
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye be- 
lieved? And they said unto him, We have not 
so much as heard whether there be any Holy 
Ghost. And he said unto them, Unto what then 
were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s 
baptism. Then said Paul, John verily baptized 
with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the 
people that they should believe on Him which 
should come after Him, that is, on Christ Jesus. 
When they heard this, they were baptized in the 
name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had 
laid his hands upon them the Holy Ghost came 
upon them, and they spake with tongues and 
prophesied. 


Second Section 
The Walk in the Spirit 
By the Spirit he is to be led and guided, and 
in the Spirit he is to walk. 
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Psa. cxliii. 10.—Teach me to do Thy will; 
for Thou art my God; Thy Spirit is good; lead 
me into the land of uprightness. 

Isa. lxiii. 14.—The Spirit of the Lord caused 
him to rest ; so didst Thou lead Thy people. 

Rom. vill. 1-27.—There is therefore now no 
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, 
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus 
hath made me free from the law of sin and 
death. For what the law could not do, in that 
it was weak through the flesh, God sending His 
own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for 
sin, condemned sin in the flesh: That the 
righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, 
who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things 
of the flesh ; but they that are after the Spirit the 
things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded 
is death ; but to be spiritually minded is life and 
peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against 
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, 
_ neither indeed can be. So then they that are in 
the flesh cannot please God. But ye are not in 
the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit 
of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not 
the Spirit of Christ, he is none of His. And if 
Christ be in you, the body is dead because of 
sin ; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 
But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from 
the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ 
from the dead shall also quicken your mortal 
bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you. There- 
fore, brethren, we are debtors not to the flesh, to 
live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, 
ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do 
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live, For 


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as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. For ye have not received 
the spirit of bondage again to fear ; but ye have 
received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, 
Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself beareth wit- 
ness with our spirit, that we are the children of 
God. And if children, then heirs ; heirs of God, 
and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we 
suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified 
together. .. . Likewise the Spirit also helpeth 
our infirmities: for we know not what we should 
pray for us as we ought: but the Spirit Himself 
maketh intercession for us with groanings which 
cannot be uttered. And He that searcheth the 
hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, 
because He maketh intercession for the saints ac- 
cording to the will of God. 

Gal. v. 16-26.—This I say then, Walk in the 
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the 
Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary 
the one to the other: so that ye may not do the 
things that ye would. But if ye be led of the 
Spirit, ye are not under the law. Now the works 
of the flesh are manifest, which are these: 
Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 
ness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, 
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and 
such like: of the which I tell you before, as I 
have also told you in time past, that they which 
do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of 
God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, 
peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 
meekness, temperance: against such there is no 
law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified 
the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live 


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in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let 
us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one 
another, envying one another. 

Phil. iii. 3.—For we are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the Spirit, and rejoice in 
Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 

Luke il. 25~30.—And, behold, there was a 
man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and 
the same man was just and devout, waiting for 
the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost 
was upon him. And it was revealed unto him 
by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, 
before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he 
came by the Spirit into the temple; and when 
the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for 
Him after the custom of the law, then took he 
Him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, 
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in 
peace, according to Thy word: For mine eyes 
have seen Thy salvation. 

Acts 1x. 31.—Then had the churches rest 
throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, 
and were edified; and walking in the fear of the 
Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, 
were multiplied. 

Acts xx. 22, 23.-And now, behold, I go bound 
in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the 
things that shall befall me there: Save that the 
Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that 
bonds and afflictions abide me. 

2 Cor. vi. 3-6.—Giving no offence in any- 
thing, that the ministry be not blamed: But in 
all things approving ourselves as the ministers of 
God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessi- 
ties, in distresses . . . in the Holy Ghost, in 
love unfeigned. 

2 Cor. xii. 18.—I desired Titus, and with him 


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I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? 
walked we not in the same Spirit? walked we 
not in the same steps? 

Gal. v. 5.—For we through the Spirit wait for 
the hope of righteousness by faith. 

Eph. iv. 1-6.—I therefore, the prisoner of the 
Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vo- 
cation wherewith ye are called. With all lowli- 
ness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
ing one another in love; endeavoring to keep 
the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 
There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye 
are called in one hope of your calling: one Lord, 
one faith, one baptism, one God and father of 
all, who is above all, and through all, and in you 
all. 

1 Pet. iv. 6.—For this cause was the gospel 
preached also to them that are dead, that they 
might be judged according to men in the flesh 
but live according to God in the Spirit. 


‘EHIRDZPRINGIPLE 
The Power 


WITHIN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE, THE SPIRIT IS THE 
SOURCE OF THE BELIEVER’S POWER 


Micah ii. 7.—Is the Spirit of the Lord strait- 
ened ? 

Section First 

By the Spirit he lays hold of personal blessing 
for himself. 

Deliverance. 

Rom. vii. 2.For the law of the Spirit of life 
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law 
of sin and death. 

Rom. viii. 13.—For if ye live after the flesh, 


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ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do 
mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. 


Obedience. 

1 Pet. i. 22.—Seeing ye have purified your 
souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit into 
unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love 
one another with a pure heart fervently. 


Knowledge of love of Christ. 

Eph. ili. 14-19.—For this cause I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is 
named, that He would grant you, according to 
the riches of His glory, to be strengthened in the 
might by His Spirit in the inner man; that 
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that 
ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be 
able to comprehend with all saints what is the 
breadth, and length, and depth, and height ; and 
to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowl- 
edge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness 
of God. 

BT gees be 

Gal. vi. 8.—For he that soweth to his flesh 
shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that 
soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life 
everlasting. 

freshness and fullness. 

John iv. 13, 14.—Jesus answered and said unto 
her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst 
again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that 
I shall give him shall never thirst: but the water 
that I shall give him shall be in him a well of 
water springing up into everlasting life. 


Section Second 
By the Spirit he retains the blessing he has 
received. 
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2 Tim. i. 14.—That good thing which was 
committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost 
which dwelleth in us. 


Section Third 


By the Spirit he is enabled to become a source 
of blessing to others. 

Zech. iv. 6.—Not by might, nor by power, but 
by My Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts. 

John vii. 37.—In the last day, that great day 
of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any 
man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. 
He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath 
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. But this spake He of the Spirit, which 
they that believe on Him should receive; for the 
Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus 
was not yet glorified. 

Luke xxiv. 49.—And, behold, I send the prom- 
ise of My Father upon you; but tarry ye in the 
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power 
from on high. 

Acts i. 8.—But ye shall receive power, after 
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you, and ye 
shall be witnesses unto Me. 

t Cor. iii. 3.—Forasmuch as ye are manifestly 
declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by 
us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of 
the living God; not in tables of stone, but in 
fleshy tables of the heart. 

2 Cor. iv. 13.—We, having the same Spirit of 
faith, according as it is written, I believed, and 
therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and 
therefore speak. : 

1 Thess. i. 5.—For our gospel came not unto 
you in word only, but also in power, and in the 
Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 


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1 Pet. i. 12.—The things which are now re- 
ported unto you by them that have preached the 
gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down 
from heaven. 

Mark xvi. 20.—And they went forth, and 
preached everywhere, the Lord working with 
them, and confirming the Word with signs follow- 
ing. Amen. 


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